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Google’s Honeycomb on pause mode

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The busy beehive at Google has paused the distribution of its seminal Open Source Android (version 3.0) meant exclusively for the new generation of tablets. Called Honeycomb, the Android (3.0) saw fans going gaga over the high capability when it … Continue reading

Clementine 0.7 gains a brand new edit tag dialog with autocompletion

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Clementine 0.7 is released, This release comes with some new features and improvements. According to the announcement, in this release Clementine gains a brand new edit tag dialog with autocompletion and the ability to automatically identify music and fetch missing … Continue reading

Openoffice.org & Libreoffice- Personal/Family Budget Spreadsheet

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This spreadsheet will allow you to set a yearly budgeted amount for numerous categories and then track your spending in all of them comparing it to your budgeted amount, just like a business. It will track your income (monthly and … Continue reading

Linux for Smart TV the MeeGo way

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Analysts peg the Smart TV (akin to SmartPhone) segment is likely to grow at close 32 % in the following two years. This has thrown the gauntlet into the developers ring as there is immense opportunity to offer something unique … Continue reading

Shop at Amazon Appstore for your Androids

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It is finally here, the brand new online store for Android Applications, the Appstore. Developed by Amazon, the store is in the news, from when the online retail major made the announcement. It is in direct competition to both the … Continue reading

Open source Kimono Lanterns to the rescue

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The devastation in Japan is heart rending and compels each of one of us to contribute to help improve the situation. Similar thoughts have been running through developers at Freaklabs . At the hackerspace they are involved with, a solar … Continue reading

LibreOffice 3.3.2 is released! With installation instructions

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Announced today by the Document fundation the release of LibreOffice3.3.2, this is an update release that comes to improve the stability of the software and sets the platform for the next release 3.4, due in mid May.

The King of Linux Distros

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The open source survives and thrives by the sheer number of distros available. Proprietary software is just a small pond compared to the enormous number of distros available for open source. Again, distros are qualitatively superior and robust give developers … Continue reading

Wine 1.3.16 integrates a new version of the Mozilla Gecko engine

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Wine1.3.16 is released!,This is a bi-weekly snapshot in the 1.3 unstable series.

Ultimate Edition 2.9 has been released!

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Ultimate Edition 2.9 has been released! according to the announcement, this release was built off Ultimate Edition 2.8 which is built off Ubuntu 10.10 ‘Maverick Meerkat’. All updates fully updated / upgraded, old kernels purged, new initrd and vmlinuz rebuilt. … Continue reading